Amanita sen
Poetry Editor
Author of two volumes of poetry – Candle in my Dream published by Writers Workshop and What I Don’t Tell You by Authorspressgroup. Amanita Sen has also written scripts for three short films that have been screened at Film Festivals. She is the poetry editor with The Antonym and the literary advisor to ISISAR – International Society for Intercultural Studies and Research; a registered organization working on promoting peace and culture for the last three decades. A mental health professional, Amanita practices in Kolkata.
Some of her work
Trishna Basak
Trishna Basak is a poet, writer and translator with many books to her credit. She regularly translates from Maithili, Hindi and Malayalam...
Read MoreTranslating and Transporting Assam in Writing— A Conversation with Navamalati Neog Chakraborty
INTERVIEWED BY AMANITA SEN “The Gita, and the Bible has had always had its ratiocination in my life with the profundity of its thoughts. The gradation of life is our own, and we…...
Read MoreThe Smell of Paper Created an Alternative Universe for me— Sharmila Roy in conversation with Amanita Sen.
INTERVIEWED BY AMANITA SEN Sharmila Ray is a poet and non-fiction essayist, writing in English and anthologized and featured in India and abroad. Her poems, and non fictional essays have appeared in various national…...
Read MoreNawabgunj— Jhelum Trivedi
As a global citizen, Nawabgunj emerges as a microcosm of the world at large with all its diversities, simplicities and predicaments. This place acts as a window through which the poet observes the milieu of living…...
Read MoreJatra — Debasree De
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY AMANITA SEN Journey Putting down her anklets,the girl went out of sight. She might return or maybeshe is not willing to come back again. Those who went looking for her,however, should be…...
Read MoreIn The Month of Baishakh— Tamali Roy
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY AMANITA SEN Sometimes on a blazing day of ‘Baishakh’,a cool shower lends out its unconditional hand. It touches the scorching fingers of the summer,the boundless gloom running inside its veins. Nothing but…...
Read MoreFinding Her Lord— Rabindranath Tagore
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY AMANITA SEN By the river Jahnabi, once Tulsidaswas there at the cremation-ground.He sang to himself all alone,as he wandered around. A corpse was lying and at his feetcried his own…...
Read MoreBook Review of Meraki— Amanita Sen
A BOOK REVIEW BY AMANITA SEN The back cover page of her book “Meraki“ has these words on it.” I hope you liked the book and I hope you felt the hug I sent you.“ As if…...
Read MoreA Review of Modern Assamese Drama: Ram Navamir Nat by Gunabhiram Barua and The Events of an Evening by Dr Birinchi Kumar Baruah
TRANSLATED FROM THE ASSAMESE BY NAVAMALATI NEOG CHAKRABORTY REVIEWED BY AMANITA SEN In the section titled ‘A Nuanced Understanding of the Assamese Drama’, of the book that is being reviewed here, the translator…...
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Very insightful interview taken by Owshnik Ghosh of my work and reflections. Thank uou Owshnik.
[…] Antonym Magazine. The first of a multiple-installment focus on the Murder Ballad can be found at the Antonym Magazine…
Nicely done
Beautiful 😊😊👌🏽
Loved the way Debraj links it a full circle, though they're 3 characters from different novels. Kudos!!
Excellent translation doing full justice to the essence of the original poems